Sarah Jane Lenihan

Sarah Jane Lenihan

Sarah Jane Lenihan is a partner at Dawson Cornwell in the matrimonial team. She has far-reaching experience in family law, specialising in financial ...

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Let’s Be Clear: The Transparency Reporting Pilot for Financial Remedy Proceedings

Let’s Be Clear: The Transparency Reporting Pilot for Financial Remedy Proceedings

One of the most important considerations for anyone with significant wealth, or who has a public profile and who is getting divorced, is the subject of confidentiality and privacy. It is often a key factor of any such client who is considering where and how to get divorced, and it

Do Not Sign It Unless You Intend to Be Bound By Its Terms

Do Not Sign It Unless You Intend to Be Bound By Its Terms

This is often the wording we see on the front of all well drafted pre-nuptial agreements. So why do clients sign them if they intend to try wriggle out of them at the time of a divorce? In the case of MN v AN [2023] EWHC 613 (Fam) **the wife

Will ADR Be the Only Way in the Future to Avoid Publication of Financial Remedy Cases?

Will ADR Be the Only Way in the Future to Avoid Publication of Financial Remedy Cases?

As I was reading through the judgment of Collardeau-Fuchs v Fuchs [2022] EWFC 6, which dealt solely with the issue of maintenance pending suit, I noted that the parties have agreed to attend a private FDR to attempt to agree the outstanding financial claims. I wondered if the reason for

The Real Divorce Day

The Real Divorce Day

As many of you will know, the media have named the first working Monday in January 'divorce day' where apparently family lawyers receive the highest number of enquiries in respect of divorce. Some Solicitors have jumped on this bandwagon and used this as a method to market their

Sarah Jane Lenihan

Sarah Jane Lenihan is a partner at Dawson Cornwell in the matrimonial team. She has far-reaching experience in family law, specialising in financial remedies advising individuals with substantial income and assets with complex international elements, and a variety of financial, business and trust structures. Sarah Jane has a Family Law